Computers

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 10:42 AM EDT Oct 2, 2018 Officials with the Honeoye Falls-Lima school district have acknowledged an illegal intrusion into a computer system that stores students' grades and other personal information. A spokesperson for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said that the breach began on August 1 when "an unknown suspect was able to hack the Superintendent’s account." It is unknown how much data was exposed, if any, but the MCSO spokesperson said the school's network was secured immediately after the breach was discovered. The incident is still under investigation. In a letter to parents, superintendent Gene Mancuso said that on September 19, district officials discovered that an individual or individuals had unlawfully accessed an administrative user account. "It appears that the individual(s) accessed the 'schooltool' student information management system," Mancuso wrote. "We are confident that no records were … [Read more...] about Hackers infiltrate Honeoye Falls-Lima computer networks

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — A race by U.S. tech companies to build a new generation of powerful “quantum computers” could get a $1.3 billion boost from Congress, fueled in part by lawmakers’ fear of growing competition from China. Legislation passed in September by the U.S. House of Representatives would create a 10-year federal program to accelerate research and development of the esoteric technology. As the bill moves to the Senate, where it also has bipartisan support, the White House showed its enthusiasm for the effort by holding a quantum summit Monday. Scientists hope government backing will help attract a broader group of engineers and entrepreneurs to their nascent field. The goal is to be less like the cloistered Manhattan Project physicists who developed the first atomic bombs and more like the wave of tinkerers and programmers who built thriving industries around the personal computer, the internet and smartphone apps. What’s a quantum computer? … [Read more...] about The U.S. push to boost “quantum computing” and attract engineers

One of Oracle Corp.’s top technical executives resigned on Friday, less than a month after he announced he was taking a leave of absence. Thomas Kurian, as president of product development at Oracle, was leading efforts to grow the company’s cloud-computing business. But the technology company disclosed in a securities filing Friday that he decided to resign effective immediately and that his responsibilities were reassigned to other senior executives.... … [Read more...] about Oracle Loses Top Cloud-Computing Executive

We remember when personal computers first came out. You could build them yourself if you were savvy. That's what Michael Dell did way back when. He sold them to other college students and the business went on from there. Now there's a computer that kids can put together. The "Computer Kit Touch" is $280 from Kano.me. Designed for young children, it has a 10-inch screen. Follow a printed storybook to build a portable, touchscreen computer, and attach a keyboard. From there, kids can make apps, art, and games with simple steps. Included apps are Chromium (a Web browser similar to Chrome), YouTube, Libre Office (similar to Microsoft Office) and Google Drive; more are available in the app store, such as Hack Minecraft. Beginning programmers start with colorful blocks of pre-written code that can be dragged into place on the screen with a finger movement -- after all, it's a touchscreen computer. At the advanced level, Javascript and Python, two programming languages, come into play. … [Read more...] about ‘Computer Kit Touch’ teaches kids to build their own

Molly Duffy The Gazette New ‘tool’ identifies struggling readers ‘Bittersweet’ news gives closure to relatives of Iowa sailor Why a right-leaning website targeted a Cedar Rapids high school class With Pearl Harbor serviceman’s remains identified, a small Iowa town asks: ‘Who was Mr. Bennett?’ Voters approve Linn-Mar schools’ $55 million bond All articles by Molly With a plan in motion in the Cedar Rapids school district to give all secondary students a laptop or tablet within the next two years, the district is set to join scores of other Iowa districts with one-to-one computing initiatives. “This is the way the world is now,” said Ryan Rydstrom, the Cedar Rapids district’s associate director of access and instructional design. “We need to help … [Read more...] about In two years every Cedar Rapids secondary student will have a computer